Sergey Taneyev composed his three piano chamber works in the years 1902-11, on either side of his 50th birthday, when his days as director of the Moscow Conservatoire were well behind him but... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

The Slavonic contralto of Sementchuk's lower register comes into flamboyant play in the oriental romances of Glazunov and Grechaninov, while Taneyev's 'Stalactites' showcases the mesh of lighter... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, More…

Russian National Orchestra, with The Moscow State Chamber Choir, Mikhail Pletnev

In the First Symphony Mikhail Pletnev produces a range of sonority and clarity of articulation that we recognize from his keyboard playing, and there is a poetic vision alongside a splendid command... — Penguin Guide, 2011 editionMore…

Gomziakov and his pianist, Andrei Korobeinikov, play both works with ardent Romantic expressiveness, well capturing in the First Sonata the second movement’s impetuous and stormy episodes. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, More…